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...fiscal year 1992, if there has been any increase over the fiscal year 1989 fund, half of the increase would be distributed in accordance with the distribution formula used for fiscal year 1989, and half would be distributed to each city and town in proportion to its population...
...each year after 1992, if the fund increases, the excess would be distributed through a formula devised by the state secretary of administration and finance, with the advice and consent of the Local Government Advisory Committee. If the fund decreases after 1992, each town or city will have the amount it receives decreased by the same percentage...
...Fish and Wildlife Service study, 219 birds were grabbed from several remote locations, including some national wildlife refuges, and shot. The carcasses, many doused with oil, were fitted with radio tracers and tossed into the sea to develop a tracking formula...
...screened. By accepting a job at Saturn, they gave up their rights ever to work for any other GM division. Instead of hourly pay, they work for a salary (shop-floor average: $34,000), 20% of which is at risk. Whether they get that 20% depends on a complex formula that measures car quality, worker productivity and company profits. In the company's first year, employee salaries will depend largely on car quality. If a team produces fewer defects than the targeted amount, its members will receive 100% of their salary. If they perform even better, they are eligible...
...plan for lifting the top income tax rate to 31% while slashing the tax on capital gains to 15%. Once again the trade-off was shot down. The main reason: Archer's plan would lower taxes on incomes over $ $200,000 by 6.6%. Given Democratic opposition to any formula that appears to favor the rich, Bush declared that pursuing such a compromise would be "a waste of time." Maybe so, but eventually Washington will have to find a plan that inflicts the pain of tax-paying on everyone -- including the rich...